单词 | septimarian |
释义 | † septimariann. Roman Catholic Church. Obsolete. In a monastery: a person who is charged with performing a particular office (such as presiding at the Eucharist) for a week at a time. Cf. hebdomadary n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > monastic functionary > chapel officer > [noun] chaplainc1405 hebdomary?c1450 hebdomadary?a1475 septimarian1655 septimanarian1845 hebdomadarian1898 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 289 Let the Septimarians dine by themselves after the rest. 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Septimarians, certain Officers in Monasteries, which were chosen every week. [Printed Septinarian in Bailey 1728, etc.] 1844 T. A. Beck Annales Furnesienses ii. 40 The Hebdomidaries, Septimarians, or weekly officers. 1875 Fraser's Mag. Dec. 752/1 The septimarians, so called from their weekly offices of readers, waiters, cooks, &c., were to dine by themselves after the rest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1655 |
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